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The Buried Giant is Guillermo del Toro’s stop-motion feature film adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel from the team at ShadowMachine who created Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio.  

NEWS

IN PROCESS: We received over 170 CHARACTER FABRICATION,  210 PRODUCTION and over 250 ART FABRICATION applications. 

We are carefully working through them, while also moving the project forward, so please be patient.

We will hire in 'rounds' selecting the first needed for the production first, so if you hear that others have an interview but you haven't heard, this doesn't mean you are out of the running, it just means we haven't finished the process yet. 

ALL applicants will be notified if they are successful or not.

CURRENT POSITIONS

All positions below based at ShadowMachine Portland Studios

All applications will get an automated email acknowledging our receipt of your application. If you DO NOT get one of these TRY AGAIN. If that doesn't work please email melanie@shadowmachine.com but please understand that if you don't get a email we did NOT get your application.

(2+ years experience) Deadline Monday July 6 at 11:59pm.

UPCOMING Positions 

Stage Crew - Camera, Lighting, Moco, Animators, Set Dressers, VFX (August/September/October)

NOW CLOSED

Art Director (stop-motion)

Applications closed: 5pm on Monday May 18, 2026

Applications closed: 11.59pm on Sunday May 24, 2026

Applications closed: 11.59pm on Sunday May 31, 2026

Applications closed: 11.59pm on Sunday May 31, 2026

Applications closed: 11.59pm on Sunday May 31, 2026

Applications close: 11.59pm on Sunday May 31, 2026

Applications close: 11.59pm on Monday June 8, 2026

*New Deadline* Applications close: 11.59pm on Monday June 22, 2026 

Let's Connect. Contact Us

Portland, OR

971-999-6111

Los Angeles, CA 

323.466.7388

COPYRIGHT © 2026 SHADOWMACHINE

COPYRIGHT © 2026 SHADOWMACHINE

Let's Connect. 
Contact Us

Portland, OR

971-999-6111

Los Angeles, CA 

323.466.7388

Let's Connect. Contact Us

Portland, OR

971-999-6111

Los Angeles, CA 

323.466.7388

COPYRIGHT © 2026 SHADOWMACHINE

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